Photo: Original uploader was Jaroszek512 at pl.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Compared with UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, Bradley Stoke has less crime per resident than four in five them
Its letter overall is B− (#17 of 48 in Gloucestershire): close to the middle of UK towns, from crimes police recorded inside its built-up area through September 2023 to August 2026. Per 1,000 residents a year, 23.9 violent and sexual offences and 8.1 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage were recorded. Violence recorded locally climbed 12% in a year. It has less burglary, vehicle crime and damage than 62% of UK towns, but less violent crime than only 47%.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Bradley Stoke
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 12% more violent crime per resident in Bradley Stoke than in the year before; across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage rose 38% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
Less crime than most places its size
Of 228 UK towns of 18,000 to 34,000 people, Bradley Stoke has the 28th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Oadby, Romsey and Belper, higher than Hedge End, Shoreham-by-Sea and Farnham. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 38% of Bradley Stoke’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Bradley Stoke’s grade
A firm grade. Built on 2,418 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Bradley Stoke against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Police in Bradley Stoke identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 1% of Bradley Stoke’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 2% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (50% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 6% of violent and 5% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 786 crimes.
A third of Bradley Stoke residents live in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
58% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 0% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Bradley Stoke’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
Set against 228 towns its size, Bradley Stoke is 28th
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heswall Merseyside | 29,082 | 14.3 | 5.5 | 3.8 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 25 | Hedge End Hampshire | 23,195 | 22.1 | 8.2 | 16.9 | B |
| 26 | Shoreham-by-Sea West Sussex | 23,659 | 21.6 | 9.5 | 19.5 | B− |
| 27 | Farnham Surrey | 20,499 | 21.8 | 9.9 | 13 | B− |
| 28 | Bradley Stoke Gloucestershire | 25,194 | 23.9 | 8.1 | 7.9 | B− |
| 29 | Rickmansworth Hertfordshire | 26,290 | 22.5 | 9.8 | 16.5 | B− |
| 30 | Forest Town Nottinghamshire | 19,015 | 23.7 | 8.5 | 9.3 | B− |
| 31 | Willerby and Anlaby East Riding of Yorkshire | 19,269 | 21.9 | 10.3 | 11.9 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 82 | Quedgeley and Hardwicke Gloucestershire | 21,125 | 32.8 | 7.4 | 7.4 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 129 | Yate Gloucestershire | 28,352 | 38.4 | 12.7 | 13.2 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 160 | Stroud Gloucestershire | 26,073 | 38 | 20.2 | 18.1 | D |
| … | ||||||
| 228 | Great Yarmouth Norfolk | 28,979 | 105 | 32.9 | 33.7 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Bradley Stoke, and others in Gloucestershire.
How crime in Bradley Stoke has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling six-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +12% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles +38% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft +36% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour +4% (towns its size -4%).
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Bradley Stoke runs highest on burglary (3.1 per 1,000 against 2.4). Criminal damage & arson and anti-social behaviour sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 610 | 24.2 | 30.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 180 | 7.1 | 12.4 |
| Public order | not graded | 145 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 141 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
| Other theft | not graded | 96 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 93 | 3.7 | 6.2 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 78 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 77 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| Other crime | not graded | 22 | 0.9 | 1.8 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 15 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Robbery | Violent | 12 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 10 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 9 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 1 | 0 | 0.3 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Lowest recorded crime in Bradley Stoke North, Stoke Gifford and Bradley Stoke South; highest in Bradley Stoke South
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley Stoke North | 8,996 | 16.6 | 6.7 | |
| Stoke Gifford | 6,579 | 19.3 | 8.6 | |
| Bradley Stoke South | 9,619 | 33.9 | 9.1 |
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 224 | 43% shoplifting & theft |
| Petrol stations | 184 | 31% violent |
| Shopping areas | 183 | 69% shoplifting & theft |
| Car parks | 47 | 47% anti-social behaviour |
| Hospitals | 33 | 33% homes & vehicles |
| College and university buildings | 28 | 46% homes & vehicles |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live, so Bradley Stoke South records 1.9× the violent crime per resident of the rest of Bradley Stoke. police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Bradley Stoke. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Bradley Stoke’s built-up area), September 2023 to August 2026. Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
Crime in Bradley Stoke per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 10 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 10 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
No one died in a collision on Bradley Stoke’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 74 collisions with injuries inside Bradley Stoke in five years. 24 people were killed or seriously injured: 4 on foot and 5 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: at their median rate (0.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Bradley Stoke’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Bradley Stoke’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Bradley Stoke had 18.9 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8).
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Bradley Stoke’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Bradley Stoke
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley Stoke | 25,194 | 23.9 | 8.1 | B− |
| Patchway | 16,517 | 61.4 | 23.9 | D− |
| Almondsbury | 2,937 | 24 | 6.2 | B |
| Stoke Gifford | 13,477 | 34.3 | 12.9 | C |
| Filton | 10,955 | 43.4 | 22.4 | D |
| Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne | 14,969 | 20.3 | 8.5 | B |
| Olveston | 1,009 | 6.6 | 2.6 | A+ |
| Alveston | 2,065 | 29.9 | 8.4 | C+ |
Bradley Stoke records more graded crime per resident than 3 of its 7 neighbours. Almondsbury, 1.7 miles away, records 24 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Bradley Stoke’s 23.9.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Bradley Stoke sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Bradley Stoke
Is Bradley Stoke safe?
Police recorded 23.9 violent and sexual offences and 8.1 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Bradley Stoke’s built-up area). That earns a B− for safety: less crime per resident than 51% of UK towns. Among 228 UK towns of 18,000 to 34,000 people, Bradley Stoke is 28th from the least crime. 38% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
What are the safest areas of Bradley Stoke?
By council ward, Bradley Stoke North, Stoke Gifford and Bradley Stoke South record the least violent and household crime per resident: 16.6, 19.3 and 33.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 33.9 in Bradley Stoke South.
Is crime going up in Bradley Stoke?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 12%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 38%, shoplifting and theft rose 36% and anti-social behaviour held steady. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Bradley Stoke?
Violence & sexual offences: 610 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (145) and shoplifting (141), with 180 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Bradley Stoke compare with Bristol?
Bristol records 55.3 violent and sexual offences and 25.9 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Bradley Stoke’s 23.9 and 8.1, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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